How to change order of download/install of web media blocks

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diverofdark
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How to change order of download/install of web media blocks

Post by diverofdark »

Hello!

I'm using web media blocks for installing prerequisites and main app, so i'm having 2 webmedia blocks - .NET and app, each is large - 40mb and 60mb respectively.

Current workflow of installing looks like:
downloading .net -> installing .net -> downloading app -> installing app.

This is not so good for user experience, so i'm searching for a way to change this sequence to following:
downloading .net -> downloading app -> installing .net -> installing app.

I thought of manually downloading 7zip files using download plugin to $EXEDIR$ and extracting them there, but it doesn't help.

Could you suggest any way to achieve desired?
FrancescoT
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Re: How to change order of download/install of web media blo

Post by FrancescoT »

Dear User,

A Web Media block works in that way by design and it is a command is directive for the compiler, and is not constrained by conditional execution blocks.
The Web Media Block command indicates that each installation command which installs files on the target system should place those files in the named source media block.

If you want to have a different behaviour, you should implement it using a personal approach via script.

Regards.
Francesco Toscano
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